kediss malcom budget edh (duplicated from need) by user7235682

Format: Commander

Commander: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet tempo-combo strategy helmed by Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. The primary game plan accelerates Malcolm onto the battlefield early to generate Treasure tokens through combat damage, leveraging this mana advantage to assemble game-ending combos. The central win condition is Glint-Horn Buccaneer, which forms a deterministic two-card loop with Malcolm during combat by repeatedly discarding cards to deal damage to all opponents and replenish mana. Secondary win paths utilize pingers such as Reckless Fireweaver or Ingenious Artillerist converted into Pirates via Artificial Evolution or Trickery Charm, as well as a Niv-Mizzet, Parun draw-damage loop. The deck supports these proactive lines with a dense suite of efficient countermagic, targeted removal, and transmute tutors to navigate interaction and close out games rapidly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificial Evolution
  • 1 Blades of Velis Vel
  • 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Cannonade
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Guild Artisan
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Imagecrafter
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Intervene
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Lose Focus
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistform Mask
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Penregon Strongbull
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Standardize
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunshot Militia
  • 1 Suspend
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Trickery Charm
  • 1 Volatile Claws
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Wings of Velis Vel